Valley Man Gets Federal Term In Drug Case

April 10, 1985|The Morning Call

Bruce Kramm, 27, of 12 Magargee Lane, Coopersburg, has been sentenced to six months in federal prison and 6 1/2 years of supervision after that for his involvement with 83 1/2 pounds of marijuana and 9 grams of cocaine in December 1983.

There was no fine.

The sentence was handed down this week by Judge Edward Cahn in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia. Kramm is to report April 22 for his jail time, and Cahn recommended that it be served in the federal correctional facility at Allenwood in central Pennsylvania.

This was a case apparently related to the unresolved matter of Richard Downing, who eluded FBI agents in a chase Feb. 23, 1983, in which a box containing $100,000 was tossed from his van.

Barbara Cohan-Duffy, assistant U.S. attorney, said there is an outstanding complaint against Downing that he was at or near the Kramm house when FBI agents arrived and that he took off in his camper. She said he is charged with assaulting a federal officer - ramming his vehicle at a car containing FBI agents who were chasing him.

Initial news stories did not identify Downing. About a week later, the FBI released his name and said he was a 1976 Liberty High School graduate.

Cohan-Duffy said Downing is still on the loose.

Regarding Kramm, the FBI found the marijuana and the cocaine on Kramm's premises. Kramm pleaded guilty before Cahn in September to possession with intent to deliver the marijuana and possession of the cocaine.

He got what's called a split sentence. He will serve six months in prison, then be under a special term of parole for two years and be under probation for 4 1/2 years after that. He has been instructed to participate in a drug treatment program as directed by his probation officer, once he is released from prison.

Cohan-Duffy said that at this point there has been no indication of any cooperation from Kramm in the investigation of Downing. But she said that once Downing is captured, Kramm would certainly be asked for his help.